Aggressors, Victims, and Defenders in Preschool: Peer, Self-, and Teacher Reports

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 453-469

  Monks, Claire P ^a   Smith, Peter K ^b   Swettenham, John ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0142072601     PISSN: 0272930X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mpq.2003.0024     Document Type: Article

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